Cambridge 1903. Snubbed by professors and male students alike, Vita Carew longs to study science but can only borrow books and work alone. When a popular boxer dies and her brother collapses after an exhibition match, she spots a connection the experts have missed. The very professor who swatted her dreams is the one she must convince. Can Vita, with the help of a secret society of women students, an energetic swordsman and a strange lady photographer, convince the experts she is right and prove what really killed the boxer? And how will the glamorous widow react?